On Sun, Aug 29, 1999 at 04:23:35PM +0100, dollar at csn.ul.ie wrote:
> I just got a £21 modem from scan in england and it works!!!! As far
[...]
FYI: So do the two German modems I've got here...[0]
Thomas
[0] ...if you switch them to "Switzerland" or "Austria" - otherwise, the
stupid dialing rules[1] of the "Deutsche Telekom" apply... :-(
[1] You've got two choices: Either you wait at least 30secs between each
dial attempt, or you repeat the dial attempts as fast as you can - but
only 12 times, then you have to wait for several hours(!). Arrrgh!
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